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Army Body Armor Shop Has Important Role in Keeping Soldiers Alive

35% of the body armor worn by U.S. soldiers is flawed, keeping up on the maintenance is a constant job.

(CAMP LSA, Kuwait) - Round-the-clock efforts of employees at the Interceptor Body Armor Warehouse here ensure more than 1,000 Soldiers coming in and out of country each day can return refreshed and better armored.

National Priorities Project Tallies Cost of War

As of September 30, 2010: $747 billion for Iraq and $299 billion for Afghanistan.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Congress has appropriated an additional $136.8 billion for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the 2010 fiscal year.

National Priorities Project estimates that for this fiscal year, $64.5 billion is directed to Iraq and $72.3 billion to Afghanistan.

Medical Marijuana Expert Discusses PTSD and Depression (VIDEO)

The Doc says unlike depression, anguish is very close to what a PTSD sufferer experiences.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Dr. Phil Leveque and Bonnie King discuss a very important subject, that is the connection between PTSD and depression.

The VA says PTSD amounts to depression, but Dr. Leveque, who has suffered from PTSD since 1945, says the finding is geared toward saving the VA more money.

VA Medical Mistreatment: Gross Betrayal of Veterans
Nobody is Responsible

The VA doctors have a proclivity for prescribing powerful, adverse-side effect drugs. Oxycontin is the worst example

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - On January 3, 2010 CBS aired a program about one million mistreated, disabled veterans having disability claims DELAYED, DENIED by a system that waits for them to DIE.

This is so perversely punitive and sick one would think the VA is part of the NAZI death camps. The results are often the same.

The Fragging of American Officers: Historic Problems and Future Planning

An American Vietnam War officer describes the day a soldier tried to kill him with a hand grenade.

(SALEM, Ore.) - This is the story of a man who survived an attempt on his life, by chance... and he is traumatized by it to this very day. Why do soldiers kill their leaders?

It is a historic problem, what matters is how it is recognized and dealt with.

Gaza Freedom Movement Remains Determined Despite Challenges

The convoy is trying to break the siege of Gaza that Israel, with the help of Egypt, has held fast since 2007.

(CAIRO/SALEM) - The Viva Palestina aid convoy to Gaza left London on December 6th and its tireless group of activists have received serious challenges on this journey - at every bend in the road.

All they want to do is deliver vehicles, food and medicine to the people of Gaza who were decimated during Israel's several week long attack one year ago that targeted schools, hospitals and thousands of people's homes. Israel used white phosphorous to start fires and over 1,400 people died while thousands received serious injuries.

`I Was Raped Twice in Iraq` US Veteran Speaks Out

US Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Sandra Lee, who was raped twice while serving in Iraq, shared her story in an interview with Russian Television.

(MOSCOW, Russian Federation RT) - According to a new study by the US Department of Defense, one in three women in the military is raped. Veterans for Peace add to those statistics, claiming 75% of raped women in the military fail to report it.

Sandra Lee has decided to break the silence five years after she was assaulted by a fellow soldier. She had been rebuilding schools in the middle of a war zone in Iraq when the incident occurred.

Military Suicides: Soldiers Driven to Desperation Deaths

They are the highest in history.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I am appalled beyond repugnance to even read my own title. It seems that the Army, Marines, Navy and Air Force all have the same problem but the Infantry really gets it in the rear echelon.

They won’t accept one into the service with ANY vestige of MENTAL DISORDER. Then they drive him crazy enough to kill himself, then they call it ADJUSTMENT DISORDER and a pre-service condition and it is all the suicide soldier or Marine's weakness.

Are Gulf War Vets Getting Better VA Treatment Than the Vietnam Generation?

If you compare Vietnam vets and their ability to get through the disability process, with Gulf War vets, Vietnam vets lose by astounding figures.

(CINCINNATI, Ohio) - One war lasted around ten years, and the other, just 4 days. One war had 47,000 combat deaths, the other had 147. However, there are 1.1 million Vietnam veterans on disability pensions and, according to the DVA, nearly 900,000 Gulf War I vets on pension.

In the gulf war, for every combat death there were over 6,000 disabled veterans. In Vietnam, for every combat KIA, there are 21 disabled veterans.

Michigan Leading the Way for Veterans and Medical Cannabis

The very serious problem for veteran patients who qualify for the MI State Medical Marijuana Program, is that they are caught in a "Catch-22" trap.

(DETROIT, Mich.) - Michigan citizens demonstrated overwhelming support for medical cannabis in the November election in 2008.

Since then, three VA Medical Center directors, with the determination by the VA Regional General Counsel, have made the use of medical cannabis an acceptable adjunct therapy.